Four filmmakers will be in Charleston to present their films and discuss their work.

“Like past editions of the festival, this seventh one is open to everyone, not only students and faculty,” Giovanna De Luca, festival director and professor of Italian studies and cinema at the College of Charleston, said in a statement. “This year we selected movies that tackle specific social and ethical topics, such as the function of art in prisons, and the challenges of being a female director, in addition to the influence of Italian politician Silvio Berlusconi on Italian society.”

The festival is presented by the College of Charleston’s Italian Program in conjunction with other programs and departments and with financial support from the Humanities Council of South Carolina, Dino Olivetti Foundation, Ministry of Italian Culture, Mediterranea Film, The Hidden Countship and John B. Kern International Law.

Festival programming also includes Q&A sessions with the filmmakers after the screening of their films.

At 11 a.m. Friday in the Sottile Theatre, the festival will present a public seminar devoted to the topic of women in film, featuring film scholar Giancarlo Lombardi and movie director Marina Spada.

A second public seminar, set for 3 p.m. Friday in Room 309 of the Simons Center, will consider the Taviani brothers’ “Caesar Must Die,” which portrays actual prisoners in a production of “Julius Caesar.”

A Q&A with Emmott and an awards ceremony will follow the 6 p.m. screening on Sunday of “Girlfriend in a Coma.”

Tickets are $6 per screening at the door (except for festival members and College of Charleston students and faculty. who get in free).

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